How to Turn off Touchpad in Windows 10, 8.1, 8

Are you using a mouse for your Windows 10, 8.1, 8 operating system laptop? Well, you will see that if you are using a mouse and you also have your touchpad active it can get pretty difficult when you are trying to work on the laptop and suddenly the mouse cursor jumps all over the screen. I will show you a quick method on how to turn off the touchpad on your Windows 8 laptop and get rid of this inconvenience once and for all. A lot of Windows 10, 8.1, 8 users while working on their laptops are accidentally touching the laptops touchpad thus making the mouse cursor move. By following the tutorial below you can learn how to turn off the touchpad and also from where you can activate it again if you ever want to switch from the classical mouse to the touchpad again in Windows.

Tutorials for turning off touchpad in Windows 10, 8.1, 8

First method:

Usually and on most if the cases on the laptop’s keyboard you should have a “Fn” button and a “Touchpad” button situated in the upper side of the keyboard.

Press and hold on the “Fn” button and the”Touchpad” button in order to turn off the touchpad or turn it back on.

You can also encounter some issues with your touchpad random freeze or touchpad simply not working. This is not a problem as there are lots of fixes on the internet and we have some as well. Just check our fix guide for ‘touchpad freezes’ problem or for ‘touchpad not working’ issues.

You have above four quick methods to turn off the laptop’s touchpad in a Windows 10, 8.1, 8 operating system environment. For any questions on these methods don’t hesitate to write us below in the comment section of the page.

Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in September 2014 and has been since revamped and updated for freshness, accuracy, and comprehensiveness.